If you are a company and purchasing software for the company then the entry would be a credit to the checking/cash account and then a debit to an expense account.
The journal entry for purchasing software involves debiting the software asset account to reflect the cost of the software and crediting the cash or Accounts Payable account depending on the method of payment. This entry recognizes the increase in assets due to the software purchase and the corresponding decrease in cash or increase in liabilities.
debit software
credit cash
Debit software purchase accountCredit cash / bank
Purchases a/c dr Accounts Payable cr
Debit assetsCredit liabilitiescredit cash / bank (balance amount)
[Debit] Computer Asset Account [Credit] Accounts payable account
cash book, petty cash book, returns inwards journal, returns outwards journal, yes
Compound journal entry is that entry which records more than one business transaction in one single journal entry.
Yes. In practice, accountants and bookkeepers normally use computer software to input journal entries; the software automatically ensures all accounts are balance after every journal entry.
We are purchasing stock rs 3480.00 they give discount rs 170.00 how do we entry the purchase
There is no journal entry for forecasting sales rather journal entry is made for actual sales when they occur.
Recording of a transaction in an accounting journal, such as the General Journal. The journal entry has equal debit and credit amounts, and it usually includes a one-sentence explanation of the purpose of the transaction is called journal entry.
Journal entry is the basic transaction to record the business transaction and without journal entry no record can be maintained.
Journal entry is required to record business transaction in books of accounts and without journal entry no business transaction can be recorded in books.